My name is Pamela Hines owner of “Action Green Clean” in St. Louis, Missouri.  I would like to share with you a few things about starting your own  janitorial business.

Have a strong aspiration to serve others.  Having a desire to be of service to your customers is going to show them, that you care about them, and their cleaning needs.  I believe in giving them the service they deserve and then going some beyond that.  For instance, I have some senior citizens that are my residential customers.  They are long standing customers that I have provided cleaning service to for many years. Though it may not be feasible to meet all their wishes, I will give them some little extra perks, such as:  sitting up their card table and chairs for their upcoming card game, replace a furnace filter, hook up garden hose outside for the season.  These are just some of the kinds of things I will do as little extra’s.  While it is important to be time conscious these are not time consuming tasks.  It makes my customer happy and I go away feeling happy knowing that I did some good deeds to help them.

Important – Clean right or make it right!  Don’t forget to pick up items when dusting.  Do Not just dust around things.  I can spot dust a mile away (alittle exaggerated here).  However, the importance of this cannot be stressed enough.  People generally do not like dust, if they did, they probably would not be hiring a cleaning company to rid the dust.  Also, another little important gold nugget to remember is – when sweeping and mopping – don’t miss cleaning close to the walls and don’t miss the corners.  In other words, do not try to cut corners when cleaning.  Do the right thing!

Now this does not have to take alot of startup money.  It could if you wish to buy a janitorial franchise.  Even though I don’t really advocate that, it can be a really good way to jump in and get started with getting a customer base upfront and all the other frills that come with it.  I happen to start out my company on a shoestring.  I bought a few inexpensive cleaning chemicals and supplies.  I started out with using my vacuum that I already had for my own home.  I kept my overhead costs very low when starting out.  Then as my business grew I was able to purchase more expensive and better commercial grade equipment.

Feel free to visit my website at http://www.actiongreenclean.com

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